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News

Spring Clean Membership Drive!

Fri 1 Oct 2021 to Sun 31 Oct 2021
PBS News

October is a great time to join or renew your membership to PBS. 

Spring Clean Your Conscience with a PBS membership! The weather is warming up and it’s time to shake off those winter blues.  

It’s been a rough time for the music industry in recent times and our members continue to be essential to keeping us on the air.  

Emma Donovan & The Putbacks

Mon 27 Sep 2021 to Mon 4 Oct 2021
Feature Sounds

Check out this week's feature album and all the other latest releases we're loving.

Vika & Linda

Mon 20 Sep 2021 to Sun 26 Sep 2021
Feature Sounds

Check out this week's feature album and all the other latest releases we're loving.

Stani Goma, Made Kuti and Femi Kuti

Beasts of No Nation 2019

Sun 19 Sep 2021 to Sun 26 Sep 2021
Studio 5 Live

In 2019, Nigerian singer-saxophonist Femi Kuti joined local champions of Afrobeat The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra to play the fourth iteration of Beasts of No Nation, the annual PBS event paying homage to the irrefutable king of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti.  

Vale David Heard

Tue 14 Sep 2021
PBS News

With an incredibly heavy heart we share some devastating PBS news. After a prolonged illness our longest-serving announcer, David Heard, passed away surrounded by loved ones on Sunday night, 12 September.   

Kix of Afro Turn Up

Mon 13 Sep 2021
Announcer Spotlight

Tune into Kix's program Afro Turn Up
Friday nights from 10pm until midnight

Amyl & The Sniffers

Mon 13 Sep 2021 to Sun 19 Sep 2021
Feature Sounds

Check out this week's feature album and all the other latest releases we're loving.

Parvyn

Mon 6 Sep 2021 to Sun 12 Sep 2021
Feature Sounds

Check out this week's feature album and all the other latest releases we're loving.

September Programming Changes

Fri 3 Sep 2021
PBS News

This September we’ll hear some changes to the PBS program schedule, all concentrated on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.  Here’s what you can look forward to:

Claire Dickson returns to the roster every Tuesday at 7pm with her new show Good Company.  The program will cover some of the territory of Claire’s previous show Circling the Sun with a few global oddities, some extended jams and a little time and space as day turns to night.

Make It Home - September Update!

Tue 31 Aug 2021
PBS News

PBS has been getting lots of enquiries about the journey to our new home, so it's time for another update on the PBS move to Collingwood Yards. It's been a long process, made longer by – you guessed it – COVID.